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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1900
Page
3
Gov Roosevelt on a Chicago campaign stop faced insults and vile remarks from newsboys and rowdies near Trinity Dutch Reformed Church. The crowd's hostile conduct marked a tense moment in his presidential bid as he moved to and from services.
A German traveler returning to Cheyenne reports meeting D. D. Dare, former vice president of Cheyenne National Bank and the National Bank of San Diego, Cal., which failed in 1891. Dare is said to be the president of the Alexandria Street Railway in Egypt.
Clara Barton appeals to manufacturers and business leaders to supply lumber and building material for shelters for about 8,000 homeless from the Galveston storm. She cites approaching winter, risk of cold and disease, and urges immediate aid and intelligent presentation of needs to the public. The Red Cross cooperates with local architects to specify materials for 1 story weather proof homes.
Outburst by the Zionist preacher Dowie as he began his England tour in Holborn London. He denounced the archbishop of Canterbury as incompetent and vowed relentless war on the Church of England. He warned interrupters he would eject them and promised a baptismal service later, even in a bathtub guarded by a police officer if needed.
The article notes Germany retreats from hard lines on China while France and Russia back plans to punish guilty officials, with the United States leaning to Germany's revised view. Indemnity and the fate of Taku forts threaten China’s cohesion, while British voters endorse Conservative gains and Kruger heads to the Netherlands. Berlin’s elevated power plant chimney ranks high in city towers as Afghan Amir rumors of war with Britain surface.
A Berlin note signals a change in Germany’s stance toward China, asking for opinions on punishments for officials and how to enforce penalties. The United States endorses the approach, while Franco Russian proposals seek broader guarantees including arms embargo and indemnity. The aim is a practical basis for peace and a safeguarded Chinese settlement.
A newspaper notes that many Indians who are now citizens will join the electorate as tribal relations dissolve. It cites 32,000 taxed Indians with suffrage and predicts more enfranchisement as reservations break up and tribes like the Creeks and Cherokees allot and accept U S citizenship.
Attorney Albert Patrick of New York, adviser to the late W M Rice, and Charles F Jones the deceased's valet, were arrested on forgery and complicity charges. Handwriting experts say assignment deeds and related papers purporting to be signed by Rice were actually signed by Patrick.
The general land office reports total cash receipts of 4 379 758 for the year, up 1 309 621 from the prior year. Land disposed totals 13 453 887 acres, an increase of about 4 000 000 acres from last year, reflecting stimulus across industries.
The weekly crop report notes rain needed in the South Atlantic and east gulf regions and parts of the upper Ohio valley while heavy rains hinder farm work from Arkansas and Oklahoma north to Minnesota and the Dakotas. Frosts hit Minnesota and Missouri Valley, with Minnesota crop late flux damaged. west of the Mississippi, wet weather interrupted corn gathering. Cotton picking proceeds well except in Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri. fall plowing advances west of the Mississippi but too dry in the South Atlantic and east gulf regions.
The survey highlights a long slate with names and affiliations across parties. It notes J Sterling Morton replying to Bryan on state issues and references campaigns by Roosevelt Debs Hanna Beveridge Allison and others with stops in Wheeling Peoria Chicago Lincoln New York and Canton.
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